Marno Verbeek

Marno Verbeek is a Professor of Finance at the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University Rotterdam, and currently serves as Head of the Department of Finance. He previously held roles as Dean of Research at RSM and Academic Director of the Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM). He earned his PhD in Economics from Tilburg University in 1991.

His research focuses on empirical finance, particularly mutual funds, hedge funds, asset pricing, investment strategies, and performance evaluation. He is renowned for his textbook A Guide to Modern Econometrics (5th ed, 2017) and Panel Methods for Finance (2022). His work has been published in top journals such as Management Science, Review of Finance, and Journal of Financial Economics.

He has supervised numerous PhD students, including Xiaohong Huang, Patrick Verwijmeren, and Guillermo Baquero, among others. His contributions extend to editorial roles in academic journals and organizational leadership in conferences like the Conference on Professional Asset Management.

Verbeek’s research emphasizes practical applications of econometric methods to financial markets, addressing issues like fund performance measurement, investor behavior, and market efficiency. His work bridges theoretical models with real-world financial decision-making.